Vulnerability - CVE-2007-0450

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Name

CVE-2007-0450

Source

NVD ( link)Debian ( link)

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat 5.x before 5.5.22 and 6.x before 6.0.10, when using certain proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_jk), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence with combinations of (1) "/" (slash), (2) "\" (backslash), and (3) URL-encoded backslash (%5C) characters in the URL, which are valid separators in Tomcat but not in Apache.

CWEs

Published Date

Mar 16, 2007

Updated Date

Jun 16, 2026

Workaround

-

Advisories

http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspxBroken Link

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172Third Party Advisory

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795Broken Link

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.htmlMailing List

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/24732Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25106Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25280Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26235Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26660Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27037Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/28365Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30899Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30908Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/33668Third Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-03.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2446Third Party Advisory

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1Broken Link

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htmThird Party Advisory

http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540Broken Link

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.htmlVendor Advisory

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.htmlVendor Advisory

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200702e.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:241Third Party Advisory

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.htmlBroken Link

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.htmlBroken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0327.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0360.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.sec-consult.com/287.htmlBroken Link

http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20070314-0-apache_tomcat_directory_traversal.txtBroken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462791/100/0/threadedVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485938/100/0/threadedVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threadedVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threadedVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22960VDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159VDB Entry

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0975Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3087Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3386Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0065Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1979/referencesThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233Third Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32988VDB Entry

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10643Third Party Advisory

http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspxBroken Link

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172Third Party Advisory

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795Broken Link

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.htmlMailing List

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/24732Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25106Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25280Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26235Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26660Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27037Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/28365Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30899Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30908Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/33668Third Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-03.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2446Third Party Advisory

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1Broken Link

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htmThird Party Advisory

http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540Broken Link

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.htmlVendor Advisory

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.htmlVendor Advisory

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200702e.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:241Third Party Advisory

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.htmlBroken Link

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.htmlBroken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0327.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0360.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.sec-consult.com/287.htmlBroken Link

http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20070314-0-apache_tomcat_directory_traversal.txtBroken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462791/100/0/threadedVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485938/100/0/threadedVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threadedVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threadedVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22960VDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159VDB Entry

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0975Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3087Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3386Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0065Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1979/referencesThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233Third Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32988VDB Entry

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10643Third Party Advisory

Analysis#

Affected Component

Analysis

Vulnerability Rating#

5

CVSSv2

Others affected components#

Name

Project

Project Version

Version

Status

buildroot

2025.02.x

2.4.68

Not Affected

buildroot

master

2.4.68

Not Affected

openwrt

master

2.4.65-r1

Not Affected

openwrt

openwrt-25.12

2.4.65-r1

Not Affected

yocto

kirkstone

2.4.66

Not Affected

yocto

scarthgap

2.4.67

False Positive